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    Image number: RS.21573
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    ‘Oncidium incurvum’

    Date
    1841
    Creator
    Maxim Gauci (1774 - 1854, Italian) , Lithographer
    Paul Gauci (British) , Printer
    Creator - Organisation
    J Ridgway & Sons, Publisher
    After
    Augusta Innes Withers (1792 - 1877, British) , Illustrator
    Object type
    Library reference
    26846
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 580mm
    width (print): 430mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    Description
    Botanical illustration of Oncidium incurvum or incurved Oncidium. Depicting a single specimen showing a cluster of pseudo-bulbs with leaves issuing from the base and apex of the bulb. The roots are fine and branching. A single scape, long and arching, bears several bracts with small delicate flowers. The sepals and petals are white with purple markings and a deep yellow centre.

    Inscribed ‘Pl.29, Mrs Withers, delt. ONCIDIUM INCURVUM. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Decr. 1841. Printed by P. Gauci.’

    Plate 29 fromThe Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala by James Bateman (London, 1843).

    James Bateman (1811-1897), British horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.
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